Regional Disputes Accelerate Europe's Energy Transition

Regional Disputes Accelerate Europe's Energy Transition
 

The European Commission published a RePower EU communication, asking the EU to accelerate the deployment of solar power. Accordingly, SolarPower Europe proposes a roadmap for the EU's 1TWh installed capacity target by 2030. Under the situation of Russia and Ukraine, Europe's requirements for energy security are becoming more and more urgent. EU data shows that 90% of the EU's gas consumption comes from imports, with Russia providing more than 40% of the EU's total gas consumption. Russia also accounted for 27% of oil imports and 46% of coal imports. As a result, the EU is expected to accelerate a green transition that will both reduce emissions and reduce reliance on imported fossil fuels and prevent energy price hikes.

In the context of energy security, the European renewable energy target is expected to move up again. The European energy crisis in 2021H2 has led the EU to propose an increase in the share of renewable energy to 40% of energy supply by 2030, up from the previous 32%. In February 2022, the European Commission proposal confirmed the 40% renewable energy target. Taking into account the situation in Ukraine and European energy security, the European People's Party (EPP), the largest group in the European Parliament, recently approved a proposal for the EU to achieve at least 45% of its renewable energy target by 2030, asking the EU to move its renewable energy target upwards. . In vigorously developing new energy sources such as photovoltaics, China's experience is worth learning from. Taking China as an example, the newly installed photovoltaic capacity in 2021 is about 54.9GW, and it is expected to reach 90GW in 2022, an increase of more than 60%.

Drawing on China's experience, the EU's goals are entirely possible. SolarPower Europe previously estimated that the cumulative installed capacity of PV in the EU will reach 165GW by the end of 2021, and it is expected that the cumulative installed capacity of PV in the EU will reach 328/672GW in 2025/2030, but under the optimistic scenario of accelerated installation, the cumulative installed capacity of PV in the EU in 2025/2030 is expected to reach 458/1050GW.

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